On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 22:12 -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote: > From: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Greetings Tomo and Mike, > > These are two patches to allow the STGT SG_IO backstore to function using a > new struct scsi_cmd->sg_iovec member with sg_io_hdr->iovec_count=1, and to update > usr/scsi.c:scsi_cmd_perform() to allow for a hand off incoming descriptors into the > struct device_type_template->cmd_passthrough() function pointer. > > I initially updated usr/sbc.c to set sbc_rw() as it's CDB passthrough function for > TYPE_DISK, but the logic should apply to any device types *_rw() functions. Please let > me know if this makes sense, and I will look at updating the other stgt device types. > > So far with this patch, I am able to successfully mkfs new iSCSI TYPE_DISK LUNS with > Open-iSCSI to the userspace STGT iSCSI fabric module + SG_IO into kernel level TCM_Loop > virtual iSCSI target ports on a x86 HVM, and bulk 512KB DATA_SG_IO payloads between STGT > and TCM_Loop are now functioning as expected. > > There is one unresolved issue that I ran into while running initially with TCM_Loop > and struct scsi_device->max_sectors=256. SG_IO writes larger than the > struct scsi_device->max_sectors are being returned with -EINVAL, but it appears that > the CHECK_CONDITION is not actually being propigated back into STGT/iSCSI. > > After increasing the TCM_Loop ports to struct scsi_device->max_sectors=1024 following > the Open-iSCSI Initiator default, the 512KB paylods begin work as expected. I will need > to have a look at the case for CDB length > max_sectors, which means that bs_sg.c getting > the correct scsi_status and sense data out of the kernel might still need more work. > > In the mean time, please have a look at applying these patches. > > Best, > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Nicholas Bellinger (2): > [tgt]: Add proper CDB passthrough for SG_IO backstores > [tgt]: Add support for SG_IO CDB passthrough in scsi_cmd_perform() > > usr/bs_sg.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------- > usr/sbc.c | 1 + > usr/scsi.c | 11 +++++++++++ > usr/scsi_cmnd.h | 4 ++++ > usr/tgtd.h | 2 ++ > 5 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > Hi Tomo-san, Ping on these two patches for SG_IO backstores with STGT. ;) Please let me know if these are OK for you or if you would like me to add or change anything and resubmit. Best, --nab -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
